“Do what?”
“That,” motioned the Holy Spirit to the table. “That there… with Job.”
“Not sure what you’re talking about,” replied God. “I’ve been sitting right here the whole time.”
“Don’t be cute. All that happened to Job happened because of you. And for what? To settle a rivalry between you and another failed experiment?”
“Yes, that’s pretty much it,” said God.
“You do realize that I’m holding you responsible.”
“That’s fine by me. I’ve done a lot worse.”
“But Job is loyal to you!” cried Mr. Nobody. “Is that how you treat those loyal to you?!”
God raised a finger and said, “Only if I feel they can handle the stress.”
“That’s sick,” grumbled the Holy Spirit.
“I’m sorry you think so.”
“No, you aren’t.”
“True,” grinned God.
The doorbell rang. God nodded to Mr. Nobody before getting up. The party was still in full swing. Chris was being forced to do a pole dance for all the fallen angels. Nobody really like it. Some even asked God to make it stop, but he just shrugged and answered the door.
“Lucifer,” greeted God.
“God,” greeted Lucifer.
“Come on in. Let’s talk.”
“Sure,” replied the angel. They both went back to the table.
God opened up his laptop and tabbed over to the Job file. After pulling up the appropriate data, he turned the screen towards the answer and said, “Good job, Lucifer. You accomplished absolutely nothing.”
“Skin for skin,” muttered the angel.
“What was that now?” grinned God.
“You proved nothing. I went into it a cripple. So what if I took everything away from him. He is a healthy man. He can always rebuild. This little experiment proves nothing, and it is you who has made it that way.”
“Why is it always my fault?” asked God.
“Because it is.”
“You say that with such conviction, Lucifer. As I see it, a lesser man would have cursed my name after losing less than one percent of what Job lost. How can you not be impressed?”
“Because you held me back,” grumbled Lucifer. We may never know for sure of his loyalty because of you. A man will give all that he has to save his own life.”
“Including his hair and his robe,” added God.
“Exactly,” said Lucifer.
“But a dead man is no use to either of us. I cannot allow you to kill him, but I shall grant you the power to assail his health. Will that please you, Lucifer?”
“It shall.”
“Then so be it.”
To be continued.
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Mr. Nobody thinks little of Job for being a slave but thinks even less of God for being a cruel master. FREEDOM and JUSTICE are disgusted by the cruel game. As for God and Lucifer, they each have something to prove and mean to prove. Poor Job gets to be the ping pong pawn in their cruel games.
ReplyDeleteAt least Job realizes that there is no point in acting out against something far greater than he is. A lot of people seem to forget this.
DeleteThe grievances of Mr Nobody are sincere, but God will do as he will as an Alpha Omega male. God will not allow Lucifer to take the life of his faithful servant as he knows nothing will be demonstrated from this. Unfortunately Job will have to suffer more through this test.
ReplyDeleteKilling Job would prove nothing anyhow. While Job is a pawn in all of this, a point still needs to be made.
DeleteBecause of someone else's pride, Job had to suffer. And apparently, what he lost was not enough. It is not a good thing to be so highly esteemed.
ReplyDeleteThe pride you must have to feel you have the ability to judge God is what I am more concerned about.
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